Golf Course Architects

James Braid (1870–1950) was a Scottish professional golfer and prolific golf course architect. Born in Earlsferry, Fife, he was one of the "Great Triumvirate" alongside Harry Vardon and John Henry...

Harry Colt (1869–1951), born Henry Shapland Colt in London, was an English golf course architect who designed or redesigned over 300 courses across six continents. A Cambridge-educated solicitor who captained...

John Henry Taylor (1871–1963) was an English professional golfer and pioneering golf course architect. Born in Northam, Devon, he was one of the "Great Triumvirate" with Vardon and Braid, winning...

Old Tom Morris (1821–1908), born Thomas Mitchell Morris in St Andrews, was "The Grand Old Man of Golf." He won The Open four times and remains its oldest winner (aged...

Willie Park Jr. (1864–1925) was a Scottish professional golfer and pioneering golf course architect. Born in Musselburgh, he won The Open twice and designed 150–200 courses across the UK, Europe,...

Alister MacKenzie (1870–1934) was a British golf course architect born in Yorkshire. Originally a surgeon who served in the Boer War, he applied camouflage principles to course design. His breakthrough...

Donald Steel (b. 1937) is an English golf course architect, writer, and journalist. Educated at Fettes and Cambridge, he played cricket for Buckinghamshire and rugby at university. Steel began as...

Eddie Hackett (1910–1996) is regarded as "the father of golf course design" in Ireland. Born in Dublin, he began designing in his late fifties with no formal training. He started...

Willie Fernie (1855–1924) was a Scottish professional and golf course architect from St Andrews. He won the 1883 Open at Musselburgh and served as professional at Royal Troon for 37...

Frederick George Hawtree (1883–1955) founded the world's longest continuous golf architectural practice in 1912. A former greenkeeper at Sundridge Park, he collaborated with James Braid (1910–12) and later J.H. Taylor...